Hi Michael, > In general, you have to commit the source code into the OpenOffice.org > CVS. To do so, a child workspace has to be set up. > OK.I will create one for it.Maybe you can give me a good CWS name.What about "UOF2ODF" or "UOF filter" ? > But before we can do so, we have to locate the right place for the > filter in the OOo source code hierarchy. And that again depends on a > couple of properties of the filter. > > Which document types does the filter support? I assume text documents. > Does it also support spreadsheets and presentations? > Yes,the filter support text,spreadsheets and presentations.
> I assume the filter adds UOF as a new datatype to the file open and save > dialogs. Is that assumption correct? > Yes. > You have mentioned that the filter is based on xsltproc and ImageMagick. > So, we also have to make sure that these become part of OOo, or have to > find a replacement that is already part of OOo. > > Regarding xsltproc: I assume the filter is based on an XSLT stylesheet. > You may know that OOo has already Xalan included. Do you think the > stylesheet would work with Xalan, too, or does it require xsltproc. > > Regarding ImageMagick. Can you describe in a few words what it is needed > for? > Yes.The UOF2ODF filter is based on an XSLT stylesheet.You can use menu "Tools--Xml Filter Settings..." to upload or offload the filter just like default xml filters,such as "XHTML Writer File","MS Word 2003 XML". Regards, Xiuzhi
